Dan J. O'Dell
North Kansas City, MO 64116
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Dear Sir:
It has come to my attention that your company is seeking SQL-Java Developer. I believe my work for the USDA analyzing government requirements to solve business problems offers your company a strong presence in data transfer process. I have acquired over 15 years of experience of Database reports producing formatted results of database queries that contained useful data for decision-making and analysis. The USDA is currently using many reports I created to forecast commodity prices. Peanut butter, peanuts, and milk that government pays for with price supports are based on part of my work analyzing user requirements, writing complex SQL scripts, along with coding in Java. Also my skills solving database production problems have saved the USDA (the tax payer) a considerable amount of money.
Please review my background in computer programming as documented in my enclosed resume. I feel my credentials, training, and experience offer the level of competency and integrity your company seeks.
I look forward to discussing with you in the near future my possible association with your company. Thank you very much for your kind consideration of me for a computer programming position.
Sincerely yours,
Dan J. O'Dell
Dan J. O'Dell
3000 Swift Ave. Apt 216
North Kansas City, MO 64116
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Objective I am seeking a full time challenging position in IT providing an opportunity for both greater responsibilities and future advancement in the field of computer programming.
Education 08/96 to 02/98 Vatterott College Independence, MO
Associates Degree of Occupational Studies
3.975 GPA
Computer Programming Technology
01/81 to 01/83 Penn Valley Community College Kansas City, MO
Associate in Applied Science
3.5 GPA
Employment 12/2000 to 02/2013 USDA/FSA Kansas City, MO History IT-Specialist
Java, SQL, T-SQL programming creating maintaining and upgrading applications used by various Farm Programs including (Milk Income Loss Contract Program (MILC), Peanut Marketing Assistance Loans, Loan Deficiency Payments.
Analyzed and provided solutions to applications production problems reported by county offices. Production solutions required thorough knowledge of applications business requirements functions conflicting with SQL server production database business rules. Once production problems solved, created query scripts updating production database, allowing farmers to receive payments from the USDA.
Created numerous reports conforming to user requirements for program’s functionality utilized by farm programs provided at National, State and Service center levels and made accessible on the Intranet and Internet.
Wrote new T-SQL queries by evaluating table relationships to determine the most efficient query design to return requested results. Heavy use of SQL Server Management Studio for query development.
Developed reports with Jasper Reports allowing a variety of required targets, such as: screen, a printer, into PDF, Microsoft Excel. Employment 03/99 to 12/2000 Advantage Tech / EDS Lenexa, KS History Computer Programmer
Upgraded 16 bit Visual Basic Application to 32 bit. Approximately 70
% of process utilized in the 16-bit application changed, increasing application performance.
Created loan assessment reports utilizing Crystal Reports7. Converted data access from DAO to ADO.
Developed a data transfer component extracting XML used as a data source for Internet reports created in HTML. Internet Reports utilized XSL, VB Script, and Java Script.
Created project plan and flow charting used to recommend utilizing MTS Server for data transfer of n-tier intranet, internet application. 03/98 to 02/99 New Resources Corporation Overland Park, KS Technical Consultant Level I
Analyzed business problems to provide solutions using proprietary systems development methodology.
Projected engagements consisted in business application development Microsoft Access, Visual Basic, Outlook, FrontPage/Active Server Pages, Java, and SQL.
Wrote and taught software training classes in Office 97 with an emphasis in Outlook.
01/97 to 09/97 Vatterott College Independence, MO
Computer Programmer Tutor and Lab Assistant
Instructed students in application development using Visual Basic, C++, and Java with an emphasis on object-oriented programming. Programming
Languages
HTML
Java
Java Script
SQL
T-SQL
XML